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 ::::::And there they lay
 * And the soggy skies
 * Dripped all day long
 * In up-staring eyes—

At murk sunset and at foul sunrise—
 * Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

Fifteen men of ’em stiff and stark—
 * Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

Ten of the crew had the Murder mark—
 * Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

’Twas a cutlass swipe, or an ounce of lead, Or a yawing hole in a battered head— And the scuppers glut with a rotting red.
 * And there they lay—
 * Aye, damn my eyes!—
 * All lookouts clapped
 * On paradise—

All souls bound just contrariwise—
 * Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

Fifteen men of ’em good and true—
 * Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

Every man jack could ha’ sailed with Old Pew—
 * Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

There was chest on chest full of Spanish gold, With a ton of plate in the middle hold, And the cabins riot of stuff untold.